Clinical procedures such as blood glucose measurement, administration of medicines and the application of dressings can cause children to experience upset, fear and anxiety, expressed through crying,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines diabetes as a:.
The use of reflective models is well established as an essential element in the academic education of student paramedics, acting as a means of linking theory to experiences gained during placements....
A literature review was performed using the following databases: CINAHL, Medline and Pubmed. The search terms used were ‘prehospital’, ‘paramedic’, ‘emergency medical service’, ‘cervical spine’,...
Despite their wide use throughout the UK, air ambulances remain a scarce resource but, as yet, there is no consensus on the best method to identify when they should be dispatched, especially in...
Anybody who works within the primary care sector will have doubtless experienced frustrations at what is often perceived as a paucity of mental health services readily accessible for their patients....
‘The reality is that the pressure our A&E departments and ambulance services are experiencing is absolutely not a sign of failing services, but that these services have become victims of their own...
‘Safe paramedic care requires that there are sufficient paramedics available to meet patient demand’ .
The CRS in Northamptonshire comprises a range of health and social care professionals within partner organisations providing a variety of clinical, health and social care assessments and...
This pilot study focused on a single cohort of full time two-year diploma-qualified paramedics in the initial months post-qualification. Ethical approval was obtained for the project from the...
The aim of this study is to explore the introduction of NEWS into NEAS..
Decision making is a cognitive process, and no matter which model is adopted, the judgement is almost always based on sound reasoning: that is, it is rational. One approach to decision making is rule...
Using a qualitative research approach involving Flanagan's Critical Incident Technique (Flanagan, 1954), this paper reports on ambulance staff's experiences of managing pain in people with a suspected...
It is about this time of year that any New Year's resolutions are firmly relegated to the ‘must try harder’ list or ‘better luck next year’ category. I would suggest, however, that the importance of...
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